Residential Real Estate

Of the 12 zoning petitions voted on by the Charlotte City Council at its meeting Sept. 15, all were approved with the exception of one. The City Council denied the rezoning for an urban residential plan by Pulte Home Corp. ...

Developers are continuing to focus on high-density, mixed-use projects in Charlotte, according to a host of rezoning petitions filed recently with the city. They all are scheduled for a public hearing before the City Council on Nov. 15. They include ...

The Charlotte Regional Realtor Association on Sept. 18 hosted its annual Candidates Fish Fry, during which hundreds of professionals in real estate and related industries set up informational booths and mingle with candidates for state and local elections. The event ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. home construction plunged in August, led by steep decline in the volatile apartment category. But single-family house construction, a larger and more stable portion of the market, fell only modestly. Construction fell 14.4 percent in August to ...

Foreclosure filings increased locally and around the state in August when compared with a year ago, according to data released by RealtyTrac, a national real estate analytics firm. And nationally, the number of homes scheduled for foreclosure auction rose compared ...

A Macon County town wants to prove that a local landscaper is violating regulations by using a residential zone for commercial purposes. Problem is, it can’t seem to find the proof. In Shearl v. Town of Highlands, the town claims ...

The wife of a man who was served with a foreclosure notice is not liable for the balance of a mortgage they both guaranteed because she never received the notice, the N.C. Appeals Court recently ruled. In February 2008, ...

The City of Charlotte will host a series of additional meetings and work sessions this month to gather public input on the draft Prosperity Hucks Area Plan. The city is proposing the plan to guide development in the fast-growing northeast ...

Preliminary pending home sales in the Charlotte region increased by 29.9 percent in August compared with August 2013, according to data released Tuesday by the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association. “It’s encouraging to continue to see year-over-year increases in pending contracts, ...

Editor’s note: Corrected for date of public hearing and number of lots sold. INDIAN LAND, S.C. – The latest addition to the housing boom in the upper panhandle of Lancaster County is set to come in the form of 172 ...